World Design for Film

Designing believable African spaces for cinematic storytelling.

Designing believable African spaces for cinematic storytelling.

Services

Set Design

Client

THLPHBT.

Year

2025

Credits

Creative Direction & Lead Production Design: David Mossadoluwa (Big Mossad)

Director: Editi Effiong (Director of Black Book, first Nigerian film to rank number one on Netflix worldwide).

Info

This project involved the design and 3D visualization of multiple key environments for an upcoming Nigerian feature film. The goal was to create believable, story-driven spaces that could support character, mood, and narrative progression, while remaining grounded in Nigerian cultural and spatial realities. Working under the creative direction of David Mossadoluwa for THLPHBT Productions, the brief required translating abstract script requirements into fully realized, cinematic environments ready for production planning. I designed and visualized multiple story-driven environments, including three Niger Delta militant bases, an old Nigerian provisions shop with an attached residence raws from a deeply familiar Nigerian spatial experience — the corner provisions shop attached to a family home, and a high-brow hair salon. Each set was developed to feel culturally authentic, lived-in, and cinematically functional, supporting narrative, character, and mood across the film.

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